Afracach
Irish
Etymology
From an Afraic (“Africa”) + -ach. Compare Old Irish Afraicech, Scottish Gaelic Afragach.
Adjective
Afracach (genitive singular masculine Afracaigh, genitive singular feminine Afracaí, plural Afracacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of Afracach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Afracach | Afracach | Afracacha | |
| Vocative | Afracaigh | Afracacha | ||
| Genitive | Afracaí | Afracacha | Afracach | |
| Dative | Afracach | Afracach; Afracaigh (archaic) |
Afracacha | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
Derived terms
- Afracach Theas (“South African”, adjective)
Declension
Declension of Afracach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- Afracach Theas m (“South African”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Afracach | nAfracach | hAfracach | tAfracach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Afracach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Afraicech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “Afracach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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